O'Neil Ford
O'Neil Ford is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Quakertown Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Quakertown Park: 0.0 mi
- Historical Denton Square: 0.3 mi
- Wolff’s Park: 0.3 mi
- Denton County Historical Park: 0.5 mi
- Fred Moore Park: 0.8 mi
- Beulah A. Harriss: 0.1 mi
- Quakertown: 0.1 mi
- Site of Lacy Hotel: 0.3 mi
- 1927 Denton City Hall: 0.3 mi
- Denton County Courthouse: 0.3 mi
- November Devil: 0.3 mi
- Carrizo: 1.0 mi
- Shadow Garden: 1.0 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 1.1 mi
- In High Places: 1.2 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 0.4 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 1.2 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 1.3 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 0.3 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 0.5 mi
- African American Museum: 0.5 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 0.6 mi
- Explorium: 3.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 5.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.1 mi
- Long Point: 7.3 mi
- Crawford Hill: 7.4 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 1.2 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 8.5 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 18.0 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 18.1 mi
- Crayola Experience: 21.5 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 15.2 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 15.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- The Corral: 24.0 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 24.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 11.3 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 14.1 mi
- Elizabethtown: 16.0 mi
- Camey Spur: 18.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of O'Neil Ford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | W 260° | 291 m | 24.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | SW 214° | 264 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Olive | N 10° | 255 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 221° | 253 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 312° | 244 m | 5.5 mi |
| Long Point | SW 220° | 234 m | 7.3 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 0° | 232 m | 22.9 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 214° | 231 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/8973077218
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